Using Irregular Verbs – Exercise 4 - Grammar Bytes!

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U s i n g I r regular Verbs – E x e rcise 4
This handout accompanies Exercise 4 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive
version of the exercise at this address: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
Directions: Each item below contains three underlined verbs. Fix the one that is formed incorrectly.
1. Rachel would have wrote a better essay for Mr. Parker, but she drank a double espresso
and found that she had too much energy to sit still at a computer.
2. Miguel bursted out laughing when he saw that Rey, his ferocious Chihuahua, had bitten the
seat of Julio's jeans and hung on as Julio danced around the kitchen, trying to shake off the
little dog.
3. Danny loved going to the beach. He watched beautiful women in skimpy bikinis, ate fresh
seafood, and swum in the refreshing water. After a shark bit his leg, however, Danny
preferred the pool at his apartment complex.
4. Cristie would have chose a less expensive dinner, but when she saw squid eyeball stew on
the menu, she knew that she had found the perfect thing to eat.
5. Because Jonathon had forgotten to bring his wallet to school, he buyed a bag of corn chips
instead of the Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes, the lunch special that caught his eye.
6. Keila knew that she had many misspelled words in her essay, so she digged around in her
book bag, searching for her dictionary. She found instead a Snicker's bar, which she ate,
hoping that the sugar rush would help her brain remember the right combination of letters.
7. After a long day of mowing lawns, Kevin was truly exhausted. He sat slumped in his chair,
and even if you had put a handful of scorpions down his shirt, he would not have rose to
shake them out.
8. When Fabiana flied from Dallas to Orlando, the plane hit such a bad patch of turbulence that
the passengers felt as if they were riding Space Mountain at Disney World.

9. On Sunday Michael spent the afternoon waxing his new car. If he had knew about the two
pop quizzes on Monday, he would have given his algebra problems and accounting
spreadsheets more attention.
10. Larry stuck a dead grasshopper in the cake batter and then put the pan into the hot oven to
bake. He planned to serve a slice to his little sister Stephanie, who had tore his favorite
basketball jersey.
11. Even though Frances had already ate, she stopped at the food court and bought a slice of
pizza. She wanted an opportunity to smile at the cute young man who ran the register.
12. Danielle hated to see her brother Tim walk into the diner where she worked. He always
brought his obnoxious friends, payed for his meal with pennies, and then left huge puddles
of ketchup at his table.
13. Unaware that his alarm clock had not rung at 6 a.m., Levi slept under the warm blankets
while Dr. Ribley tought the semester's most difficult algebra concept to the students who had
arrived on time.
14. Obviously Alicia had chose the most difficult English teacher in the whole school. During the
semester with Mr. Hayden, Alicia wrote twenty essays and studied grammar rules until she
thought her head would burst.
15. Because Tran knew that a strong chemistry background was essential for a future
pharmacist, she rose from her warm bed and begun studying her notes for another test.
16. To avoid being stung, Kasey spilled a small amount of soda on the picnic table; the wasps
that flew around the campsite left him alone and drunk from the sweet puddle.
17. The hungry shark swam beneath the unsuspecting surfer and began to position itself for an
attack. Then the fish noticed the hot pink toenail polish on the foot that dangled over the
surfboard and losed its appetite.
18. At the beginning of class, Matt realized that he had forgotten the essay he had wrote at 4
a.m., so he smeared blood-like streaks of red pen at the corners of his mouth and told his
instructor, Dr. Borglum, that muggers had beaten him up before stealing his backpack.

19. My cat Buster leapt onto the wobbly table to escape Oreo, the dog, who ran in tight circles,
trying to bite Buster's tail, which hanged over the side.
20. David was so hungry that he fought his brother for the container of leftovers, teared off the
lid, and ate the cold meatloaf and congealed gravy right out of the plastic.
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